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majorfs45 Full Member Offline Posts: 142 Location: Stillwater, OK Joined: Aug 10^th, 2008	Can .303 british be used for any good BP round? Apr 3^rd, 2014 at 5:55pm	Print Post
	Got some pretty good .303 used brass, does it make any good black powder caliber round?


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rkaires Frequent Elocutionist Offline No Stronger Bond Posts: 1671 Location: Dingmans Ferry, PA Joined: Oct 26^th, 2012	Re: Can .303 british be used for any good BP round? Reply #1 - Apr 3^rd, 2014 at 5:58pm	Print Post
	40-50 Sharps Straight, 40-60 and 40-70 Maynard are a few that I'm aware of.

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ssdave Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2132 Location: Eastern Oregon Joined: Apr 16^th, 2004	Re: Can .303 british be used for any good BP round? Reply #2 - Apr 3^rd, 2014 at 6:15pm	Print Post
	.38-50 Remington Hepburn. Stretch it and it makes .375 2.5" nitro express. dave


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ndnchf Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1121 Joined: Mar 6^th, 2014	Re: Can .303 british be used for any good BP round? Reply #3 - Apr 3^rd, 2014 at 8:46pm	Print Post
	Many years ago I used .303 to make .44 Evans Long.


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rgchristensen Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1185 Joined: Jan 2^nd, 2014	Re: Can .303 british be used for any good BP round? Reply #4 - Apr 3^rd, 2014 at 10:18pm	Print Post
	You can turn the heads down a little and make 40-40 Wesson, about as rare a ctg as you can find. CHRIS RGChristensen


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harry_eales Ex Member	Re: Can .303 british be used for any good BP round? Reply #5 - Apr 4^th, 2014 at 1:29am	Print Post
	The .303" British was originally a Black Powder cartridge. It is not possible for the modern hand loader to duplicate the original loading as the procedure is not practical. Originally the cartridge case was drawn to a straight shape it was then annealed where the neck was to be formed it was also washed and dried. It was then primed and a pre-formed compressed pellet of BP was inserted unto the case and then the case went back into the case forming dies to be tapered and necked down to take the bullet. Oddly the pressures generated were higher than those produced by the new White Powders. It is impossible to get loose black powder to match the original charge into the case it just overflows and as most hand loaders know you cannot get much, if any compression of BP in a tapered and necked case. So the answer to your question is No, unless you want a short range 'Gallery Round' or vermin rifle for around the barn. Harry


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Fred Boulton Oldtimer Offline Posts: 801 Joined: Jan 6^th, 2007	Re: Can .303 british be used for any good BP round? Reply #6 - Apr 4^th, 2014 at 7:07am	Print Post
	if you shorten them, you can make 38-40 Remington Hepburn, Fred


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Schuetzendave Frequent Elocutionist Offline Retired Ex-Shooter Posts: 4227 Location: St. Albert, Alberta Joined: Jan 28^th, 2005	Re: Can .303 british be used for any good BP round? Reply #7 - Apr 4^th, 2014 at 10:34am	Print Post
	And any of the cartridges you make with the .303 British case can also be made from the .30-40 Krag case as well.


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Wallis Wetzel Ex Member	Re: Can .303 british be used for any good BP round? Reply #8 - Jun 29^th, 2014 at 11:46am	Print Post
	.38-45 Bullard. I found a reamer for it on sale at Pacific Tool, so I bought it and some dies. Re-lined a sewer pipe RB and chambered it, and it worked great. Cut off the .303 at the shoulder and load - done! It is almost exactly the same shape, almost no fireforming.


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